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and so on. the boats were designed in 1927, specifically for racing on the Gare Loch. Seventeen were built, sixteen still race on the Loch. LOA is about 24 feet.

The others must be uneducated and tasteless troglodytes.
That's a very good looking day sailer - and with what looks like minimal crew requirements.
8 out of 9 still sailing is a rare feat too. Must be doing something right

Re: Boat Porn, 1927 style

Ohhh, I love these boats. I sail as crew on a couple of them on a Sunday afternoon during the summer. So there is some confusion in the history that is published about them. Basicly, McGruers built 16 in all, and the 17th boat was actually built by a doctor in Trinidad in the 1970's at some point. The whereabouts of this boat is not known. Currently, there are 15 boats on the water and racing at the Royal Northern and Clyde Yacht Club, the 16th Dione, is just coming to the end of a very extensive restoration.

Re: Boat Porn, 1927 style

Re: Boat Porn, 1927 style

Originally Posted by Jonathan Burke

...So there is some confusion in the history that is published about them. Basicly, McGruers built 16 in all, and the 17th boat was actually built by a doctor in Trinidad in the 1970's at some point...

Funny, while reading a book I was googling this class for more information and hopefully some pictures and came upon this thread (on the forum where I've already spent far too much time!).

There is a book entitled "Trinidad's Doctor's Office: The amusing diary of a Scottish physician in Trinidad in the 1920s." by Vincent Tothill.

He talks about the boat in chapter 11. A craftsman named Claude Nanton laid out the lines for him (on the floor of the San Fernando Boat Club). Dr. Tothill worked with a local carpenter named Victor to build it from local cedar (sawed frames). The keelson was from "matured cypre". The stem and deck ties were cypre. The hull was planked with 3/4" cedar. A 2000 lb. lead keel was cast by the foundry in Port of Spain. The completed yacht was 1.5 feet longer than the plans and several inches wider as they "had forgotten the plans were inside measurements". He enlarged her sail plan to 275 square feet to meet her oversize.

He spoke very highly of the boat: "What a joy! There is no sensation in this world like the feel of a tiller of a well balanced yacht...Limpie has been in the water for eleven years, and still holds pride of place in Trinidad as the best looking yacht, although now outclassed in speed by the American Star Yachts and Kismet."